How to set up a private files area in Joomla

We’re often asked the question “I need to create an area on my Joomla site that allows users to manage only their own files, can DOCman or FILEman do this?”, the simple answer is “Yes this is possible using either DOCman or FILEman”.

Setting up a private files area is a little bit easier to do in FILEman, but DOCman can also do this out of the box. In this tutorial we’ll show you how to set this up in either DOCMan or FILEman.